The night is long and the moon is dim.
Jiang Yuebai sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes closed and his breathing steady.
[You start to circulate Qi, the Metal Qi is drawn from Dantian, you went to the wrong acupuncture point, the exercise failed]
[You started to practice Qigong... You went to the wrong acupuncture points again, and the Qigong failed]
[… Failure of exercise]
[… Failure of exercise]
An hour passed in the blink of an eye. After failing twenty-three times, Jiang Yuebai felt sore all over, his dantian felt empty and tight, and a sense of frustration welled up in his heart.
Thinking of the talented and hardworking Xie Jingshan, Jiang Yuebai took a deep breath. Who knows, maybe he has already mastered the Qigong and started to learn magic. What's more, there is an even more powerful Lu Nanzhi above him.
Jiang Yuebai calmed his mind, took out the jade slip and placed it between his eyebrows.
In the darkness, she 'saw' a transparent person sitting cross-legged with his hands facing the sky, thumbs together, and hands folded on his lower abdomen.
Golden light comes out from the Dantian, lights up the golden points of the acupuncture points, wanders inside and outside the lungs, converges into the inside of the right arm, comes out from the right thumb, is injected into the left thumb, and then wanders upward from the inside of the left arm, finally returning to the Dantian to form a cycle.
Only when this cycle is completed can the Qi circulation be considered successful.
Jiang Yuebai carefully compared the exercise routes in the jade slips to familiarize himself with the acupuncture points on his body and summarize his experience of failure.
There are 720 acupuncture points and 12 meridians in the human body. The reason why she always fails is that she cannot accurately identify the acupuncture points and meridians.
After much thought, Jiang Yuebai found the "Qi Yin Jue", which contained detailed illustrations of acupuncture points and meridians.
Since she is not talented and lacks understanding, then use the dumbest method!
Jiang Yuebai took out an embroidery needle and lifted up her sleeves. She pressed the acupoints according to the diagram. Every time she found an acupoint, she would prick it with the needle, using the pain to remind herself of the location.
After a busy period, Jiang Yuebai's entire arm and chest were covered with blood spots. She frowned and put on her clothes, and while the pain was still there, she circulated her Qi again.
The gold element spiritual energy was drawn out from Dantian, as thin as a hair, and the sensation was extremely weak. Jiang Yuebai was fully focused and cautious.
The night was long, and the cool moonlight came in through the window, sprinkling on Jiang Yuebai's focused little face.
[You start to practice Qigong. Because you can't find the acupuncture points, you resort to self-torture. You are a ruthless person. After stumbling and struggling, you succeed. Gengjin Gong proficiency +1]
At the end of a cycle, Jiang Yuebai's Dantian suddenly swelled, and then she "saw" a small golden vortex suddenly appearing in the dark void.
The golden light is very faint, shining intermittently, and slowly turning like a shining star, which is very beautiful.
Jiang Yuebai quickly glanced at the cultivation panel.
[Realm] Qi training level 1
[Exercise]
Geng Jin Gong (Not yet started: 1/10)
Seeing the proficiency levels behind, Jiang Yuebai found his goal and was certain that he could get started as long as he completed the exercise 10 times.
After getting started, she can begin to learn the spell of sharpness, which doesn't seem to be too difficult.
Jiang Yuebai laughed happily twice, turned his head to look out the window, and the sky was already turning pale.
She meditated instead of sleeping, and she didn't feel tired at all. Instead, she felt full of energy.
According to the time calculation, if she does not fail once in one night, she can complete the exercise three times, which means she will be able to get started in three to five days.
But now I have to quickly follow what grandpa said and draw energy into my body when the Golden Crow first rises to replenish the spiritual energy consumed throughout the night.
The next morning.
Tao Fengnian was cooking in the kitchen. Jiang Yuebai followed Tao Fengnian like a little tail, chattering about his experience of practicing martial arts last night.
"Did it really run a full cycle?"
Tao Fengnian stopped washing rice and looked at Jiang Yuebai in surprise.
Jiang Yuebai smiled and nodded, "Well, I saw a small golden vortex. Is it in my Dantian?"
Jiang Yuebai pressed her abdomen. She couldn't figure out where on her body the small vortex she saw was.
Tao Fengnian moved his lips and there was airflow, indicating that he was successful.
Tao Fengnian was washing rice with a distracted look. At this moment, he really wanted to thank Hong Tao for bringing this child to him.
With her talent and understanding, as long as she works hard, and since she has all five elements, practicing the "Five Elements Return to Truth" will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort than with his four spiritual roots.
The early and middle stages of Qi training are easy, just three to five years of hard work will do. The first two levels of spiritual farming magic are also easy. Only the third to fourth levels require years of polishing, practice and comprehension, but it is not completely hopeless.
If she passes the spiritual farming master exam within three years, this achievement will allow him to ask the sect for a ten-year longevity pill, which will give him great hope!
After ten years of building the foundation, you can then take a fifty-year longevity pill and still have a chance of achieving the stage of forming a pill.
At this moment, the extinguished flame in Tao Fengnian's heart was rekindled. Perhaps he could try again and try to hold on for three years.
"Grandpa? Grandpa! The rice is scattered!!"
Jiang Yuebai shouted beside him, and hurriedly snatched the rice bowl from Tao Fengnian's hand, pushed him aside, and picked up the scattered rice grains one by one with heartache.
Tao Fengnian wiped his hands on his body, looked at the little girl in front of him who was not even as tall as the chopping board, smiled knowingly, and took out a piece of monster meat that had been hidden for a long time from his storage bag.
"Meat! I like it!"
Jiang Yuebai screamed in surprise, his eyes sparkling and he couldn't stop swallowing.
The sun rises in the east, and the sky is filled with thousands of rays of light.
Jiang Yuebai found that Tao Fengnian suddenly became strict with her, and she talked about it during breakfast.
Sit upright, chew your food slowly, do not swing your legs, do not knock against dishes, and do not pick up food.
After dinner, he tested her on her literacy and recitation, taught her "The Four Essays of Cangjie" and "Youxue Qionglin", and also took out the four treasures of the study and asked her to practice ancient cloud seal script and tortoise shell script.
Then he stood in a horse stance with the book on his head, and learned the magic tricks and hand gestures while standing in the horse stance.
After lunch, Tao Fengnian arranged wooden stakes of different heights in the yard in a star-like pattern.
Teach her the "Star Chasing Steps" and then a set of "Wood Chopping Knife Techniques".
At night, Jiang Yuebai looked at the fragrant bowl of rice in front of him. He was starving, but his arms were so sore that he couldn't pick up the chopsticks.
Tao Fengnian sat next to Jiang Yuebai and gently loosened his muscles.
"Are you tired?"
“I’m tired, but I feel at ease.”
Jiang Yuebai was telling the truth. Rather than being tired, she was more afraid of not being allowed to learn, just like what happened in front of the mountain gate, where she was not given any chance at all.
Tao Fengnian nodded in appreciation and took out a bag of medicinal herbs.
"After dinner, boil some water and use this herb to take a bath to invigorate the blood circulation. The pain will go away tomorrow. Practicing cultivation is difficult, but it is not difficult. The trick is to do simple things repeatedly and practice makes perfect."
"Yes, I remember that."
On the second day, Tao Fengnian went out to work after teaching. Jiang Yuebai was hungry for everything in the world of cultivation. Even when Tao Fengnian was not there, she still practiced calligraphy, horse stance, footwork, swordsmanship and hand gestures seriously.
Follow the procedures, be neither arrogant nor impatient, and proceed neither too fast nor too slow.
*
The autumn orchid is fragrant and the spiritual valley is becoming more and more ripe.
In the spiritual fields, the spiritual farmers and their apprentices worked hard, harvesting and bundling the heavy spiritual grains and piling them in the fields.
Every time this time comes, everyone is rich and happy.
After paying what the sect needs, the remaining money can always be exchanged for some spirit stones and elixirs, which means that the level of cultivation has improved and the hope of building a foundation has been further improved.
Tao Fengnian had harvested all the spiritual grains a few days earlier. Early in the morning, he loosened the soil with a Zhenling hoe, scattered the winter seeds grown with the Chiyan Jue, and sent clouds and rain.
After a drizzle, young seedlings broke through the soil, green and full of vitality.
Tao Fengnian raised a satisfied smile on his face, straightened his back and pounded his lower back.
"Mr. Tao, you are really quick. We are still harvesting in the fall, but you have already finished planting in the winter. Would you like to have a sip of the newly brewed red cherry wine?"
Song Pei'er took off her hat, picked up the wine jar, poured a bowl of cherry pink fruit wine and handed it to Tao Fengnian.
Tao Fengnian reached out to take the bowl, and Song Peier raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Hey, you seem to be in a good mood recently. Are you willing to drink my tasteless fruit wine?"
Tao Fengnian took a sip and said, "It will quench your thirst."
Song Pei'er laughed and looked around, "Didn't you bring your sweet-mouthed girl to help?"
"You are practicing at home. Didn't you bring your apprentice out with you?" Tao Fengnian greeted.
Song Pei'er raised her eyebrows, "Lv Ying, she just broke through to the first level of Qi training yesterday. I asked her to rest and consolidate her skills today, and start learning the exercises tomorrow."
"He broke through in 19 days. He is one of the apprentices in Huaxi Valley. Even if he is in the outer sect, he would be at an average level. I think he will be able to learn a basic spell in less than three months and help me share the work in the field."
Tao Fengnian remained silent. Bai Yatou had already mastered the "Geng Jin Gong" three days ago, officially entered the first level, and started to learn the Feng Mang Jue.
Song Pei'er's eyes moved slightly, and she leaned closer to ask, "How is your girl? Still no movement?"
Tao Fengnian drank the wine in one gulp and handed the bowl back.
“Soon.”
I am almost done learning the sharp edge technique.
After saying that, Tao Fengnian picked up his hoe and left. Song Pei'er pouted behind him, "Knowing that your life span is coming to an end, the higher-ups didn't even give you a better apprentice to let you accumulate contribution points. What's the point of having five spiritual roots!"
When Tao Fengnian returned to the courtyard, he pushed open the door and saw Jiang Yuebai standing on one leg on a wooden stake, with the vase on his head as steady as a rock, his hair disheveled and his eyes focused.
As his ten fingers moved, a golden light suddenly burst out.
The sharp edge technique is done!
(End of this chapter)